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1986 Missouri

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Woody Widenhofer.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1986, game by game: won vs. Utah State 24–10; lost vs. Texas 25–27; lost vs. Indiana 24–41; lost at Syracuse 9–41; lost vs. Colorado 12–17; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 17–48; won at Kansas State 17–6; lost vs. Iowa State 14–37; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 0–77; won vs. Kansas 48–0; lost at Oklahoma State 6–10+48−77Won 24–10 vs. Utah State+14Utah StateLost 25–27 vs. Texas-2TexasLost 24–41 vs. Indiana-17IndianaLost 9–41 at Syracuse-32SyracuseLost 12–17 vs. Colorado-5ColoradoLost 17–48 at No. 3 Nebraska-31No. 3 NebraskaWon 17–6 at Kansas State+11Kansas StateLost 14–37 vs. Iowa State-23Iowa StateLost 0–77 at No. 4 Oklahoma-77No. 4 OklahomaWon 48–0 vs. Kansas+48KansasLost 6–10 at Oklahoma State-4Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsUtah StateW 24–⁠1058%
Sep 20vsTexasL 25–⁠2741%
Sep 27vsIndianaL 24–⁠4150%
Oct 4atSyracuseL 9–⁠4130%
Oct 11vsColoradoL 12–⁠1745%
Oct 18at3NebraskaL 17–⁠487%
Oct 25atKansas StateW 17–⁠640%
Nov 1vsIowa StateL 14–⁠3744%
Nov 8at4OklahomaL 0–⁠776%
Nov 22vsKansasW 48–⁠051%
Dec 4atOklahoma StateL 6–⁠1022%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 10–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1986.

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Clay, OT

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
196–⁠314
Coach
Woody Widenhofer
Elo
1356 −25 this season
SP+ rating
-11.1 No. 76 of 101; offense No. 72, defense No. 82
SRS
−8.2 No. 78 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Meyers
Defensive coordinator
James McKinley

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 1John Clay OTLos Angeles Raiders

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Darrell WallaceRBAP-2
  • Phil PettyOGUPI-2
  • Dick ChapuraDTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Tom WhelihanPlace-kickerAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado6–⁠16–⁠6
Nebraska5–⁠210–⁠25
Oklahoma State4–⁠36–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas0–⁠73–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.